Luciana Serra is perfect!!!

We all hear things in a different way. As a pianist, I listen to Luciana Serra and shills go up my spine! Her voice is so delicato. Brava!!!!

SERRA SERRA SERRA !!!!!

I love Diana Damrau on the "Hölle rache" but I gotta admit that here Luciana Serra is much better. She has so much more control and is perfect on breathing!

LUCIANA SERRA FOREVER!

Best singer: Serra Best actress: DAMRAU Best mise-en-scène: Dessay / Rancatore

Luciana Serra, the best

If you want to see how this should be done perfectly, go to 2:05. *Luciana Serra*

Where is Kristina Deutekom?

En cuanto a canto y voz, Serra es la mejor, una agilidad en la coloratura marcando bien las diferentes notas, llenas, gracias al stacatto impresionante que demuestra con el movimiento facial (labios sobretodo) y movimiento diafragmáticos, buenísima. Damrau es la mejor interprete! Pues ella representa bien lo diabólica y desquiciada de la reina, que se puso frenética maquinando en su mente como usar esta "arma" con la cual lograría su cometido de hacer desaparecer a Sarastro.

Luciana Serra for ever!!!

The reason you can hear each note in Serra's rendition is that she is aspirating. And she is doing it correctly.

Miklosa, Dessay my favorites. I’ve never been a great fan of Serra but she was quite good in this video.

Serra , Damrau, Dessay, Polito and Gruberova are the Best!!!! I heard Poblador live 2006, but her voice was ruined:-(((((

Desiree Rancatore is so good. They all are very splendid. Yu Sen Chu is excellent and awesome. ^^ Thank you for sharing it. 我有去Diana Damrau在台灣的音樂會，五月母親節那天，可惜的是她沒有唱那一首經典的The Queen of The Night.還是很棒就是了，可以在台灣看到其他世界級的聲樂家。 如果有一天有人要您演夜后，一整場的劇碼，相信一定會非常精彩，期待！

Lucianna Serra for the winn ! :D

Siempre he dicho que no hay mejor o peor cantante de este genero, simplemente se trata de gustos que no necesariamente son los mismos que los tuyos... para mi oido Serra y para disfrutar de actuacion Damrau

I like Mosuc. I love her face when she does the f Here is my list 1. Mosuc 2. Serra

How comes there's no Edda Moser? She's the greatest Queen of the Night ever.

My favourite keeps being Erika Miklosa though we all know she's still young. I'm not denying Serra's talent or Damrau's voice's power :o)

hm, Serra is great, but Poblador is also fantastic, and miklosa and gruberova have also really beautiful voices - miklosas costume is amazing! i saw Poblador live and her voice made me shiver i never felt that before it was almost creepy, but so beautiful I love her singing!

Dessay is my favourite in general but in this performance serra is best!

She and Diana Damrau are the really best.

Gruberova, Serra, Rancatore are excellent Mossuc and Polito are good

Todas son magnificas, pero el primer puesto se lo llevan Diana Damrau y Edita Gruberova. All og the are fantastic, but the best are Damrau and Gruberova. Elles sont toutes merveilleuses, mais la Damrau et la Gruberova sont mes préférées. Alle sind Spitz, aber für mich sind Damrau und Gruberova die besten.

Csodálatosak! Úgy énekelném én is...csak épp egy képzetlen altom van, és 68éves vagyok...de úgy imádom a Varázsfuvolát...

Diana Damrau is life.

No doubt! Diana Damrau!!! She is born for this role!

Diana Damrua is really into it

Luciana Serra is the best

Racontore is smooth and clean and full of clarity... but brings some richness to the role, too.

Superb

Damrau! ❤

her voice is very unique

Que genial!!!

Diana Damrau - hands down - best acting and singing.

I thought Serra, Miklosa, Gruberova, Damrau, Dessay, Rancatore, Mosuc, and Poblador gave awesome performances. Serra had amazing clarity, Miklosa had a beautiful voice and she and Poblador's emphasis on the high notes were great, Gruberova and Dessay had emotion and you can see it, Rancatore and Mosuc had the best high F's, and Damrau just blew away me with her acting (despite gasping for breath.) Polito did a good job with her technique and clarity, but her voice sounded kinda bland and boring IMO. Nevertheless, she did great. Melegro had a soft and agile voice but it in no way would fit for QOTN, especially her speed. Franco screamed and screamed and probably made everyone laugh watching her, and looked miserable. Osvath was so bad, and her singing probably embarrassed everyone in the production. Sorry for the long comment i needed to just let my thoughts out.

Algunas son magnificas y algunas de terror

Luciana Serra ❤

GRUBEROVA!

Milagros Franco needs to go back to singing school, urgent, before she ever attempts to appear again in public. And also, can somebody please save Julie Osvath from those terrorists that are torturing her? My God, she sings like if she was trying to scare children in the haunted house of the county's fair. And she failed the high note horribly.

I have never heard from some of these Queens before (specifically Mosuc, Rancatore, Melero, Poblador) but they aren't half bad. In fact, I was quite impressed with their skill. Still love Damrau for sustaining her High F (and now Mosuc, too. Brilliant).

Para mí claramente Elena Mosuc porque domina los agudos con con gran maestría pero tiene potencia en las notas medias y es capaz de hacer las coloraturas muy limpias además de ser la que más transmite con los gestos. Diana Damrau también es excelente, le da otros matices más románticos a la pieza. A Rancatore no la había escuchado nunca, pero también me gusta.

No Lucia Popp!?

Diana Damrau is the best of the best

Elena Mosuc! OMG! Brilliant technique, incredibly beautiful instrument and great acting. Humble and never over the top as opposed to some! Besides, she trills again as opposed to some!!!

DIANA DAMRAU & LUCIANA SERRA 😍😍

Luciana Serra.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

SERRA

Serra!

Splendid Acting

They churn the heart into a pulp. ..

I think between these performances Serra shows the best technique, but I'd have liked more power and emphasis on the f³ on her part. My personal favourite is still Edda Moser.

ほとんど顔を動かさずに歌えるSerraはすごい。 Damrauも迫力はすごいけど、好き嫌い別れるでしょう。 役柄にはとても合っていると思うし、私は嫌いじゃないけど。 でも、みんな、すごいレベルでの話しだけどね。

Erika Miklosa has an amazing costume

Elena Mosuc, Natalie Dessay, Luciana Serra, Diana Damrau, Erika Miklosa, Edita Gruberova.

luciana serra is the best

i'm agree, she's the best!!!!

There are two extremes: the sublime true Queens of the Night and then there are the awful Queens of the Damned.

who is this milagros franco?

eindeutig L.Serra

she is !!!!!!!!! 100%

alguien tiene un enlace acerca del video de Milagros Poblador

I vote for Erika her voice is really from haven

Damrau IS the Queen of the Night, period

Polito got a great technique!

In the this line-up - Serra Y Damrau

she is

Yeah!

because I will post new video about them

3 Serra appartiene di diritto a questi nomi (se ci metti gruberova serra ci sta a mani basse) e se dici che la serra imita qualcuno beh devi rivederti i fondamenti del canto lirico. Serra nn è damrau o netrebko...INTENDO?

the poor montserrat melero has a nice voice but the power of a little baby cat!

Diana damrau🎎

Luciana Serra ALL THE WAY after her, Diana Damrau (she's a great actress and singer, but I think she didn't did this aria as good a Der Holle Rache)

Edita Gruberová vs. Luciana Serra??? The question is the used technic only...

Serra is like a machine with her coloratura, but I think Dessay and Damrau have the best sounding high notes. Mosuc was quite good, as was Gruberova. I liked Polito's sound quite a bit but it's too bad she missed the first high note and overshot the F. But #'s 6,7, and 8... well... maybe the queen isn't the perfect role for them...

Dessay!

Elena Mosuc is the best! The top note is so full and powerful. Most of the other sopranos are running away from that. It is a very difficult and Mosuc just gives a singing technique lesson, though I do believe that that was the last thing in her mind at that moment.

Diana Damrau, Edda Moser and Kathryn Lewek are the best!!

milagros franco should have had the conductor take that at a slower tempo, ovrath missed it all together and what happened to the video or audio during clara politos? I like here alot!

Diana!!!

Diana Damrau the best

check out the new, beautiful, young coloratura Jeanette Vecchione - Donatti's O zittre nicht!

Serraaaaa!

The only one I've heard live is Serra. But Damreau really has the goods. Unfortunately she has retired the role.

Damrau, Gruberova and Recantore, the only ones.

Deutekom, Streich?

Damrau NAILS it.

Oh I LOVE Julie Oswath. Those are the three wrongest notes in recorded opera! Bliss..

You are RIGHT ON! I agree completely....I think a deranged poodle could sound better than Franco. And Osvath is not only dressed like a peacock in her picture, but she sounds like a peacock that is being strangled. I know that is brutal...LoL. My point is, the ladies mentioned above really need to be singing something they can succeed at instead of attempting advanced coloratura repertoire that is out of their reach.

NO . 1 Intonazione: Serra PERFETTA , anche gruberova (qui) buona intonazione (stranamente xchè è (era) spesso calante ed era x lei un optional ) . L'unica cosa che puoi appuntare alla serra alla fine prima dell'ultima cabaletta un respiro piu marcato e un attacco una frazione di secondo dopo ,gruberova cmq fa le agilità con minore squillo e volume e il picchettato nn è precisissimo e la nota finale è tutta strozzata e tirata mentre la serra è UNA SPADA !!!!

DAMRAU BY FAR!!!! Luciana Serra is a distant second. Diana's technique (and acting is unmatched), and her thick dramatic coloratura voice is perfect for this role

Everybody is so crazy about Diana Damrau because she ACTS very nicely, like that freaky crazy queen should be, but you can compare in this video how her notes get all messed up because she goes jumping up and down the stage and forgets that to sing it correctly you need to use the diaphragm, it's not a matter of yelling the notes out to see who can scream louder. That's why they stay put and straight. Too much of a diva is not going to make her a better singer. BTW, Serra pwned all others.

Who needs Florence Foster Jenkins with singers like Monserrat Melero, Milagros Franco and Julie Osvath? Why would someone of their skill (lack there of) attempt a piece that they simply did not have the technique for?

well, I understand that. but it's just a personal aesthetic choice. and i don't think it hurts.

Super random choice of singers.

Ha ha!! XD "Marilyn Manson"

Dam rau Dam rau Dam rau....LOL

Diana Damrau RULES!!!

Diana ,